Guaranteed manufactured without child labor: The economics of consumer boycotts, social labeling and trade sanctions

Review of Development Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 466-491

  Basu, Arnab K ^a   Chau, Nancy H ^b   Grote, Ulrike ^c  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD LABOR; EMPLOYMENT; LABOR POLICY; TRADE; WELFARE IMPACT;

EID: 33746448287     PISSN: 13636669     EISSN: 14679361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9361.2006.00335.x     Document Type: Article

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